"He has a responsibility to maintain decorum," Mr. Maisel said.
If a hearing turns nasty, he said, it is the chairman's job to maintain decorum.
Many saw more than an over-the-top marshal and a botched attempt to maintain decorum.
"I've tried to maintain decorum and distance from Andy," she said.
His frequent appeals to Gujarati chauvinism jar outside the state, and he struggled to maintain decorum when provoked.
Etiquette experts point out how to maintain decorum, how to walk and bow, and how to adopt appropriate facial expressions.
But he also tries to maintain decorum for an ethnic event without which, he says, this city begins to "become like every place else".
Such rules are intended to maintain decorum, to ascertain the will of the majority, to preserve the rights of the minority, and to facilitate the orderly transaction of the business of an assembly.
In his office, there's little attempt to maintain decorum: the characters stand and yell at each other, and are only restrained, as Hodjat is, when their anger threatens to spill over into violence.
3. The Palestinian Authority shall prevent any activities with a military orientation within each of the Spheres and will do its utmost to maintain decorum and discipline and to avoid disruption in the institutions under its responsibility.
Despite all efforts by the judge to maintain decorum -- even gum chewing is forbidden in the courtroom -- the media maw is insatiable, and hardly picky about how to feed the beast.
